29Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men!


In Context

26 At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.

27 Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.

28 "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name," he said. "Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man's blood."

29 Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men!

30 The God of our fathers raised Jesus from the dead--whom you had killed by hanging him on a tree.

31 God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

Acts 5:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:29Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:29But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:29But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:29But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:29But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:29But Peter and the apostles answered, |We must obey God rather than men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:29And Peter and the apostles answering, said, 'To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.